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Mair Jones

Mair Jones is a freelance writer and historian from rural Ceredigion, who runs Queer Welsh Stories blogs and workshops. Mair is also currently the Cymraeg Editor for Poetry Wales and has worked…  

Turner and Wales

Who was J M W Turner?  J M W Turner (1775-1851) is acknowledged as the most important landscape artist in the history of art in the British Isles. His contribution to every aspect of his…  

Copyright

The National Library of Wales owns, generates and uses works that are protected by copyright. When collecting, preserving and providing access to those works, it is important that rights are…  

Welsh Official Publications

Under terms of the Copyright act of 1911 and the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, the Library would expect to have almost complete coverage for all printed format Official publications that have…  

Sitters

Sitters Amongst the thousands of portraits from the Library’s Collections which are now available to view online, a selection is showcased in this section, with brief biographies of the ‘sitters’…  

Artists / Photographers

Artists / Photographers This section of the website offers a glimpse into the lives of a selection of notable artists, engravers and photographers, whose portraits are represented in the Library’s…  

Formats

Formats A wide variety of formats are represented in the Library’s Portrait Collection, representing the developments in portraiture techniques over time. Items range from pocket-sized…  

Changemakers

Changemakers 19 October - 1 March 2025 Upper Central Hall Kenyan photojournalist Mohamed Amin (1943 – 1993) became famous for documenting the Ethiopian famine in 1984 which had a powerful impact in…  

Minutes Board of Trustees Meeting 10 January 2025

Meeting: National Library of Wales Board of Trustees Open Meeting Date: Friday, 10 January 2025 Location: On-line only Present:  Board Members:  Ashok Ahir (Preseident and…  

Portraits

Portread: Welsh Portraits Online The National Library of Wales’s Portrait Collection is the largest collection of Welsh portraits in the world, comprising over 65,000 items in many different…  

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